With his 21-year professional career now at an end, UEFA.com gives full credit to a player regarded as one of the great England midfielders of modern times.What they said"To have a midfield player who consistently scores so many goals at the top level is a rare thing."Lionel Messi, Barcelona forward "One of my best players ever, one of my best professionals ever, a Chelsea legend and a legend in the Premier League."José Mourinho, former Chelsea manager"Lamps is a proper Chelsea legend. Lamps won everything with us and in my opinion is the best and most ... UEFA.com - News
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Lampard: I expected to leave Chelsea
Frank Lampard has revealed he spent much of 2013 "fully expecting" to leave Chelsea this summer, but insisted that he would never have signed for another Premier League side. GettyImagesFrank Lampard joined Chelsea from West Ham in 2001 • Blog: Blues wave Rafa goodbye Lampard, 34, who broke the club's all-time scoring record and signed a new one-year contract extension with the Blues earlier this month, admitted he had all but given up hope of prolonging his stay at Stamford Bridge. Yet the club's attitude towards his future changed over the last couple of weeks and the midfielder is delighted to have signed a new deal. Manchester United were strongly linked with a move to sign Lampard if he were to leave Chelsea, yet any notion